Shafted: how the Bush administration reversed decades of progress on mine safety.
On the afternoon of September 23, 2001, thirty-two miners were repairing drilling machines and hoisting tunnel supports into place in the No. 5 mine of Jim Walter Resources Inc., in Brookwood, Alabama. The No. 5 is North America's deepest coal mine, tracking the six-foot-high Blue Creek seam almost half...

Coal India raises relief package for miners.
Byline: Sanjay Dutta NEW DELHI: Coal India Ltd has raised the compensation package for its miners and their families in case of death caused in mine mishaps. The company will pay Rs 5 lakh more than the existing package to the kin of an accident...

169 now dead in Chinaa[euro][TM]s coal mine tragedy.
Byline: ALEXA OLESEN BEIJING (AP) a" The death toll from a coal mine explosion in northern China reached 169 yesterday, confirming it as one of the countryas worst mining disasters in decades, as the government reported yet another catastrophe a" a flooded coal mine that left 42...

Mining casts a dark shadow and the new Hummer rolls into town.
Several tragic accidents recently brought to light the dangers of mining. What are the environmental impacts of mining, including their long-term effects on public and worker health?--Ed Kelley, Albuquerque, NM Mining is an inherently nasty practice when looked at from environmental and health standpoints. For starters, large-scale...

Gold leaves toxic trail in Europe's rivers.
Several major rivers in Europe suffered the fallout of a gigantic mining accident in January 2000 that killed 650 tons of fish in a matter of weeks, deprived 2.5 million Hungarians of their water supplies, and left 15,000 fishermen jobless. The disaster has been described as Europe's...

Daily, immediate conflicts: an analysis of villagers' arguments about a multinational nickel mining project in New Caledonia (1).
INTRODUCTION: LAND, MINING AND POLITICS Old Wapo: The causes of the most serious and most daily, immediate conflicts lie in the unlimited seizure of our lands. (Gope 2001:31) Unquestionably, over the last five centuries and particularly in the past few decades, countless crimes have been...

Nuclear power and the energy crisis.
The previous article in this series drew attention to the energy crisis that faces the world today. Energy is essential to maintain and increase our standards of living. The demand for it is also increasing due to the world's rising population. At the same time the available sources of...

Artificial limbs and industrial workers' bodies in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh.
In her 1910 expose Work-Accidents and the Law, Crystal Eastman presented readers with this brief tale of work and loss in Pittsburgh: Andrew Antonik worked in the Homestead Steel Works at a "skull-cracker,"--a heavy iron weight which is allowed to drop from a height to break up...

How can we make miners' lives safer?
Byline: Rupa Jha (##include msid=47949085,type=11 ##) Life is good till it exists. A coal-miner's life is like that of an Armyman's, live while it lasts. Coal mines are increasingly becoming death traps where several people have succumbed to life. In India there are at least...

Accidents, disease kill 74 in 4 Asian countries.
River, road, mining accidents and a rare disease killed over the weekend 74 people in Asia, 21 of them in the impoverished states of Bangladesh and Pakistan and the rest from India and China, reports from international wire news agencies said. From Dhaka, Reuters reported that 11...